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Also known as Abbie Hoffmann, Abbott Hoffman, Abbott Howard Hoffman, America Hoffman, Abbott "Abbie" Hoffman, Barry Freed, Abbot Howard Hoffman

American activist (1936–1989)

Person · Open Library

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Top works

  • The "Steal yourself right" Book
  • Steal This Book
  • Fuck the system
  • Eliminate Addiction
  • The "steal yourself rich" book

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Film & TV

Acting · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement. As a member of the Chicago Seven, Hoffman was charged with and tried―for activities during the 1968 Democratic National Convention―for…

Known for

  • Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon — Self (archive footage)2020
  • WBCN and the American Revolution — Self (archive footage)2019
  • TVTV: Video Revolutionaries — Self2018
  • Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune — Self (archive footage)2011
  • American Swing — Self (archive footage/uncredited)2009
  • My Dinner with Abbie — Himself1990
  • Heavy Petting — Self1989
  • Growing Up in America — Self1989
  • The Last Debate — Himself1986
  • My Name is Abbie — Self1981

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1936
Active to
1989

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Total plays
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Abbott Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party ("Yippies"), and later, a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine. Hoffman came to prominence in the 1960s, but practiced most of his activism in the 1970s, and has remained a symbol of the youth rebellion of that decade. Prior to his days as a leading figure of the Yippie move

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Quotes

  • The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.
  • All you kiddies remember to lay off the needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
  • In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you're selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
  • I feel like a famous Indian Chief of the Fagowee nations, who led his tribe for 40 years in the desert amidst starvation, hunger, famine, strife, plague — finally staggered up to the top of this mountain, drug crazed, looked out and pounded his chest and said, "Where the fuck are we? Where the fuck are we?"
  • I only regret that I have but one shirt to give for my country.
  • If this guy is God, then this is the God that the United States of America deserves.

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Official website
abbiehoffman.org
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date of birth
1936-11-30
date of death
1989-04-12
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Abbie Hoffman
birth name
Abbot Howard Hoffman
pseudonym
Barry Freed
name in native language
Abbie Hoffman
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